1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers IAAF
Edition 1st
Date 14–16 July
Host city Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland Switzerland
Nations participating 4
Athletes participating 24
Races 2

The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Ken Matthews (GBR) 1:30:55  Lennart Back (SWE) 1:32:12  George Williams (GBR) 1:34:02
50 km walk  Abdon Pamich (ITA) 4:25:38  Don Thompson (GBR) 4:30:35  Åke Söderlund (SWE) 4:36:48
Men (Team)
Team  United Kingdom 53 pts  Sweden 53 pts  Italy 28 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place Athlete Time
1st Ken Matthews  GBR 1:30:55
2nd Lennart Back  SWE 1:32:12
3rd George Williams  GBR 1:34:02
4 John Ljunggren  SWE 1:34:22
5 Erik Söderlund  SWE 1:35:17
6 Tibor Balajcza  HUN 1:36:17
7 Bob Clark  GBR 1:36:52
8 Giuseppe Dordoni  ITA 1:37:17
9 Antal Kiss  HUN 1:37:39
10 István Göri  HUN 1:39:06
11 Gianni Corsaro  ITA 1:42:46
Stefano Serchinich  ITA DNF

Men's 50 km

Place Athlete Time
1st Abdon Pamich  ITA 4:25:38
2nd Don Thompson  GBR 4:30:35
3rd Åke Söderlund  SWE 4:36:48
4 Raymond Middleton  GBR 4:39:24
5 Ingvar Green  SWE 4:42:27
6 Evert Leonardsson  SWE 4:43:25
7 István Havasi  HUN 4:46:59
8 Luigi De Rosso  ITA 4:49:22
9 Charley Fogg  GBR 4:49:22
10 Antonio De Gaetano  ITA 5:05:02
11 Géza Szabó  HUN 5:12:57
12 Béla Dinesz  HUN 5:13:03

Team

Place Country Points
1st  United Kingdom 53 pts
2nd  Sweden 53 pts
3rd  Italy 28 pts
4  Hungary 23 pts

Participation

Qualifying Rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1

London, United Kingdom, August 12

Rank Nation Points
1  United Kingdom 41 pts
2  Germany 39 pts
3  Belgium 12 pts

: Combined East and West German Team.

Zone 2

København, Denmark, August 26/27

Rank Nation Points
1  Sweden 50 pts
2  Denmark 23 pts
3  Norway 18 pts

Zone 3

Spoleto, Italy, September 3

Rank Nation Points
1  Italy 48 pts
2  France 27 pts
3   Switzerland 17 pts

Zone 4

Cancelled

Rank Nation Points
1  Hungary
2  Turkey DNS

See also

References

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